The story of Arthur Ost
I don't believe we are a chosen people. I think that's bullshit. Pure bullshit. We are not chosen. We are just people. We should learn from our heritage that we must choose to be charitable. The Bible tells us to be good. We learn that from our history; its in our bones. You gotta be good to people. Plain and simple. Jews have been oppressed, driven out of Egypt, stoned, ridiculed, thrown into concentration camps and slaughtered. But chosen? That's bullshit.
I feel connected to the Jewish people, but my connection is akin to what Paul Robeson said that morning at the Abyssinian Baptist church in Harlem. After the Peekskill riots. "Blacks and Jews have similar histories of oppression and rising above their persecutors," he said. "We Negroes owe a great debt of gratitude to those who stood by the hundreds and defended me and all of us earlier this week." Yeah, I know relations have disintegrated but I still think we can stand as one people. If you have common sense, then you think...we have common enemies. We are natural allies. Anyone who has been oppressed can stand together. At least that night in Peekskill we did....
